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German Free Thinkers Society

Date: 1902
Description: Members of the German-American Freie Gemeinde ("Free Thinkers") organization, posing in front of their building at Sauk City.
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Sons of the American Legion

Date: 1935
Description: Sons of the American Legion in formation outside the Witt Studio. Two of them hold flags. Names are (left to right), Don Frank, Jerry Zander, Ralph Meyer, ...
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Joe Fedele Receives Badge

Date: 10 17 1932
Description: Captain Leo Kinney, Captain of Detectives, pinning a detective's badge on Joe Fedele, member of Post's Junior Detective Club, an organization sponsored by ...
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Caught Without A Spare

Date: 06 1932
Description: World War I veterans seated on the ground around a car with slogans painted on it such as "We Want Our Bonus" and "Bonus Seekers V.F.W. 796". They are prot...
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International C1300 Water Truck for Horses

Date: 1967
Description: Man delivering water to a horse with an International C1300 (4x4) truck. The mobile water truck was owned by the Philadelphia Society for the Prevention of...
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Italian Women's Mutual Society Banquet

Date: 02 23 1941
Description: "Jobo" Joe Puccio, leads the singing at the Italian Women's Mutual Society 7th anniversary banquet in the Italian Workingman's Club, 914 Regent Street, in ...
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Locomotive Artifacts

Date: 03 29 1958
Description: A young boy rings a locomotive bell. Other artifacts of locomotive history are on the table before him with members of the Milwaukee chapter of the Nationa...
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International Harverster Choral Society

Date: 03 1927
Description: Group portrait of the International Harvester Choral Society posing near the Lincoln Memorial in Grant Park, with the Chicago skyline in the background. Th...
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Wisconsin Central D-3 Cabin

Date: 1952
Description: To celebrate the addition of DC-3s to their fleet, North Central Airlines sponsored several special promotional events. One such activity was a special fli...
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Morey's Speedy Delivery

Date: 04 22 1934
Description: Howard Morey delivering the film "Hell's Holiday" to R.E. Mutchler of American Legion Post No. 57 for Parkway Theatre. (The man in the top coat is unidenti...
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Model Builders

Date: 1934
Description: The members of Hangar 13, a group of Beloit youth organized to build and race model airplanes. Conrad Hansen, their organizer, is standing at left in the b...
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4-H Tractor Queen Serenaded on a Farmall Cub Tractor

Date: 1950
Description: 4-H Tractor Queen receiving a cake on a Farmall Cub tractor while other 4-H members serenade her.
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Army Fly-Over at Wausau

Date: 08 13 1928
Description: An exhibition of flying by the 1st Pursuit Squadron of the U.S. Army Air Corps. The event took place at Marathon Park because President Calvin Coolidge, wh...
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Westminster Presbyterian Ladies Aid Society

Date: 05 24 1939
Description: Group portrait of the Ladies Aid Society on the steps of Westminster Presbyterian Church, located at 1806 West Lawn Avenue. The view was taken on the 47th ...
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American Legion Locomotive

Date: 06 14 1935
Description: American Legion, Voiture 683, Dane County, locomotive on wheels, for a float to be driven in a National Railroad Week parade.
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East High School Honor Society

Date: 05 06 1935
Description: Group portrait of East High School Honor Society.
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Peace Strikers

Date: 04 12 1935
Description: Group portrait of "one thousand" University of Wisconsin-Madison students, enlisted in the war against war at a peace mass meeting and anti-war strike, vot...
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DVA Women on Fire Truck

Date: 02 23 1933
Description: Group of Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary women on a fire truck parked in front of the Central Fire Station, 18-20 S. Webster Street. On the far left i...
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American Legion Locomotive Float and Crew

Date: 08 26 1932
Description: Locomotive float which won honorable mention for the Dane County American Legion Voiture No. 683 of the 40 et 8, a replica of French transportation during ...
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Show Girls with American Legion Poppies

Date: 05 20 1932
Description: Group of Fanchon & Marco show girls with baskets of American Legion poppies in front of Karsten's, 22-24 North Carroll Street.

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